The Relationship of Sports Participation on School Bullying among College Students: The Mediating Role of Psychological resilience and the Moderating Role of Self-Esteem

Abstract

Objective To provide a reference for undergraduates to develop healthy and confident lifestyles through exploring the effects of Sports participation on school bullying among college students and their inherent mechanism. Methods The undergraduates from two universities in Southwest China region were selected as subjects in the manner of stratified and random sampling, and the data was processed by SPSS 19.0 and AM0S21.0 statistical software. Results 1) Sports participation significantly and negative predicted the school bullying. 2) Psychological resilience played an intermediary role between sports participation and school bullying. 3) Self-esteem plays a regulatory role in the second half of the mediating effect of psychological resilience. With the rises of self-esteem, mediating effect of psychological resilience would gradually increase. Conclusion Sports participation can affect school bullying among college students through both direct and indirect paths, mediated by intermediary role of psychological resilience. Meanwhile, the effects of self-esteem on school bullying among college students are not ignorable. Therefore, self-esteem is believed to be another key factor influencing school bullying among college students in addition to sports participation and psychological resilience.